Churches and violence in north-eastern Guatemala: Between safe space and lions' pit
Based on an ethnographic research led in north-eastern Guatemala between 2011 and 2013, this article problematizes the idea usually advanced in sociology of religions that churches represent safe spaces allowing the reconstruction of social fabric in violent contexts. Analyzing collective mechanisms...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
[2019]
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In: |
Social compass
Year: 2019, Volume: 66, Issue: 3, Pages: 435-451 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Guatemala (Nord)
/ Church
/ Violence
/ Protection magic
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IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CG Christianity and Politics KBR Latin America |
Further subjects: | B
violences
B Churches B Guatemala B political spaces |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |